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Obama administration on defensive over surveillance activity
Reuters* PRISM monitoring program raises privacy concerns * Government said to tap into companies' central servers * Program started under Bush, expanded under Obama WASHINGTON, June 7 (Reuters) - Reports of sweeping U.S. government surveillance of Americans'...Tags: Microsoft Corporation, U.S. Congress, Henry A Waxman, National Security Agency, Xi Jinping
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At White House, liberal hawks ascend
With his decision to elevate Susan Rice to become his national security advisor and the nomination of Samantha Power as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, President Obama is not simply rewarding the loyalty of two women who have backed him from the...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Muammar Gaddafi, United Nations, National Security, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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Brave new world of government surveillance
There's a lot we don't know about the secret court order giving the federal government access on an "ongoing daily basis" to millions of telephone records, and that's a large part of the problem. But we know enough from a report in Britain's Guardian...Tags: Dianne Feinstein, National Security Agency, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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WRAPUP 1-Obama defends U.S. surveillance program as trade-off for security
Reuters* Calls programs a "modest encroachment" on privacy * Says Congress was briefed on surveillance By Matt Spetalnick and Steve Holland SAN JOSE, Calif., June 7 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday staunchly defended the sweeping U.S. government...Tags: Microsoft Corporation, U.S. Congress, Henry A Waxman, National Security Agency, Computer Crime
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Reactions to NSA surveillance: from outrage to cheerleading
This week's riveting scoops in the Guardian and the Washington Post about the data-grabbing driftnet the National Security Agency has cast over the phone networks and the Internet drew hostile fire from four of the country's five largest newspapers, and a...Tags: Taylor Swift, National Security, Los Angeles Times, Metal and Mineral, National Security Agency
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It's A Gray Area: It's time to take back America's moral high ground
President Obama has recently renewed his plans to try to close our military prison at Guantanamo, Cuba, and has also promulgated new guidelines for our government's use of drones to assassinate people in places like Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen....Tags: U.S. Congress, Politics, Military Equipment, Prisons, Pakistan
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US surveillance revelations deepen European fears
Reuters* German data commissioner calls monitoring "monstrous" * European Commission says must enact new law speedily * Security expert says solution is European dot.com industry By Georgina Prodhan and Claire Davenport VIENNA/BRUSSELS, June 7 (Reuters) -...Tags: Microsoft Corporation, National Security Agency, Computer Crime, Politics, Business Enterprises
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Is Big Data turning government into 'Big Brother'?
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — With every phone call they make and every Web excursion they take, people are leaving a digital trail of revealing data that can be tracked by profit-seeking companies and terrorist-hunting government officials. The...
Tags: Netflix Inc., Consumers, Microsoft Corporation, National Security, U.S. Congress
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6/9/2013-Domestic Spying
President Obama is no better than any other president who has occupied the office in recent history. Well, maybe he's better than a couple, but power still corrupts. The Founding Fathers were genius in knowing the pitfalls of power. That's why they...
Tags: U.S. Congress, FBI, National Security Agency, Barack Obama
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FACTBOX-History of mass surveillance in the United States
ReutersWASHINGTON, June 7 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama defended his administration's security policies on Friday after reports revealing the sweeping nature of surveillance of Americans' phone and Internet activity. Government surveillance and secret...Tags: U.S. Congress, National Security Agency, Ron Wyden, Defense, Politics
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House vote opens immigration divide
WASHINGTON — The partisan divide over immigration was exposed Thursday as House Republicans voted to stop funding the Obama administration program that has halted deportation of young immigrants who are in high school or college or have served in...
Tags: Extradition, U.S. Congress, Labor Legislation, Steve King, Employees
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Obama tells America the Jersey Shore is open for business
TRENTON, N.J. — President Barack Obama and New Jersey's Republican governor, Chris Christie, strolled along the Jersey Shore boardwalk like old friends on Tuesday, a political odd couple just hanging out together. The two men had a common purpose:...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Executive Branch, Government, Barack Obama, Politics
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